Marianna Optimist Club Activities
By Don Jones
Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Marianna Optimist Club had as their program speaker, Mr. Bill Stanton, Managing Director, Jackson County Development Council. Mr. Stanton last spoke beforeA the Optimist in February 2008, at which time he mentioned the proposed, implementation of a Four Lane, Toll Road from Dothan to Highway 98 through Jackson County with a Connection to Interstate 10.
Briefly, Stanton also mentioned that a large employer was considering possibly locating in Florida with Jackson County as a potential site. Expanding on that proposition, he revealed today that this new potential employer will need approximately seventy acres of industrial property on which to construct their manufacturing plant and would employ approximately eleven-hundred highly paid workers in the production of Solar Panels.
Additionally, for undisclosed reasons, they required electrical energy in the range of 500 Million Megawatts, and wanted it available from two sources, simultaneously.
Fortunately, Jackson County has been busy doing its homework over the past ten years, and has the prerequisite site, as well as, the two sources for the large amount of required energy available. In addition to a large pool of highly intelligent and skilled workers, every large manufacturing concern must also have the means to get their products to market. Again, Jackson County has those resources at hand; the, Bay Line Rail System runs North and South, and the SXS Rail System runs East and West.
Also, Jackson County has a major Highway and an Interstate running thru it, Highway 231 runs North and South, and I-10 runs East and West, as well as, the Panama City Seaport is located only fifty miles to the south. Although, Stanton puts Jackson County’s chances at getting the contract for this large manufacturing company at a low one in ten, the county has five potential sites available, whereas, all others only have one. Mr. Stanton claims that the Tow Road issue will be a virtual, "Hot Potato," for Jackson County’s upcoming, new electorate after January 2009. However, it is one well worth everyone’s consideration for the future of commercial growth in the Tri-State area.
Although, Stanton brought with him several proposed routs for the very controversial thoroughfare, he wisely thought it best to perhaps defer any proposals for this item until after that January 2009 date. http://www.mariannaoptimistclub.org
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